Fall events at CSU School of Arts

CSU, Chico's School of the Arts will present a number of exciting and educational events in November and December. More information on each of the School of the Arts events can be found on http://www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com.

From Nov. 4 to Dec. 13, Erika Navarrete's paintings will be exhibited in the University Art Gallery. More information is available at http://www.csuchico.edu/art/galleries/univgallery.html.

On Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Harlen Adams Theatre, the Chico State Wind Ensemble will perform a special pre-Veterans Day concert featuring military and patriotic music. Veterans and current military personnel get in free. More information is available at http://www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com/press/xxBandClassicsPR.shtml.

From Nov. 12 to Dec. 14, a selection of prints by women or depicting women joins current women's Shojo Manga at the Turner Print Museum.

This exhibit is the inaugural stop for the national traveling Shojo Manga exhibition. More information is available at http://www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com/press/GirlSpeakPR.shtml. Nov. 13-17 and 19-21, Chico State's "Spring Awakening" will be presented in Chico State's Wismer Theatre. Based on an 1891 German play by Frank Wedekind, "Spring Awakening" chronicles the struggles of teenagers coming of age sexually in a repressive society. More information is available at http://www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com/press/SpringAwakeningPressRelease.shtml.

On Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State's concert band and Jazz II will perform everything from overtures and marches to big band swing and fusion. Both groups will feature student guest conductors and student arrangements. This event is free. On Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Laxson Auditorium and Sunday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. at Redding's Cascade Theatre, the North State Symphony will perform their concert "New American Portraits." More information is available at http://www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com/press/NSSnovconcertpr.shtml. Dec. 6-8 in Harlen Adams Theatre, various student and faculty members will perform holiday favorites in "A Chico Holiday Tradition: Glorious Sounds of the Season!" Performers include the 100-voice Choral Union, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Jazz X-Press, chamber and theatre ensembles, soloists, and readers.

On Fri., Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, Sat., Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Red Bluff's State Theatre and Sun., Dec. 15 at 4 p.m. at Redding's Our Lady Of Mercy Church, the North State Symphony will perform beautiful baroque music of the season. There will also be an audience carol sing.

On Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Trinity 100, Peggy Shumaker will do a reading of her poetry. Shumaker's work has been honored with a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and she has served as Alaska State Writer Laureate from 2010-2012.

On Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 5-6:30 p.m. in Trinity 126, Wal-Hung Wong will give a talk explaining the thesis of the indeterminacy of translation. On Thursday, Dec. 5 from 5-6:30 p.m. in Trinity 126, Laura Nice will give a talk about the Northern Irish interest in Hellas during the Troubles in "'I Swim In Homor': Northern Irish Writers Since 1965 'Translate' Ancient Greek."